Convoy FS 271 was a North Sea convoy of the FS series (Forth South) to the Thames, which ran during the Second World War from Methil, Fife on the Firth of Forth on the east coast of Scotland to Southend-on-Sea on the Thames, from 3 to 5 September 1940. The convoy was ambushed by German E-boats on the night of 4 September, which sank five ships and damaged one more for no loss.
ConvoyFS271 was a North Sea convoy of the FS series (Forth South) to the Thames, which ran during the Second World War from Methil, Fife on the Firth...
September ConvoyFS271 – German E-boats attack British convoy, sinking five merchant ships. 6–9 September Convoy SC 2 – German U-boats attack Allied convoy, sinking...
the convoy at Loch Ewe on 2 May, and joined Convoy WN 423, which departedon 4 May and arrived at Methil two days later. She then joined ConvoyFS 1108...
to the Free French Naval Forces. During World War II, she escorted 116 convoys, spending 728 days at sea. She was awarded the Croix de la Libération and...
Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01696-5. OCLC 56592292. Northedge, F.S. (1986). The League of Nations: Its Life and Times, 1920–1946. New York:...
suspended two police officers for being absent from the chief minister's convoy of policemen meant to provide her safety. TMC and BJP workers clashed in...
May. Further operations against Fiji, Samoa and New Caledonia (Operation FS) were to be planned once Mo and RY were completed. Because of a damaging air...
service (FS) bulk ration was in general use by 21 July, although combat units continued using the ration packs for certain operations. The FS ration was...
Army FS-256, later AKL-1 USS Deal (AG-131), ex-USA FS-263, later AKL-2 USS Elba (AG-132), ex-USA FS-267, later AKL-3 USS Errol (AG-133), ex-USA FS-274...
Publishing. p. 466. ISBN 1-86176-023-X. "WW2 - People's War - A Fateful Voyage: Convoy under Attack in the Atlantic (Part 2) - Tale of Unexploded Bombs and Heroism"...
$91.7 million worth of ODA (Official Development Assistance) to Vanuatu. FS Micronesia's archipelago (known as the Caroline Islands) is notable for having...
2023. "SS Batavier V (+1941)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 20 December 2011. "Convoy SC.54". Warsailors. Retrieved 24 May 2012. Jordan, Roger (1999). The World's...
as FS C-14 SC-371 to SC-387 built for France USS SC-388 later to France as FS C-28 SC-389 to SC-402 built for France USS SC-403 later to France as FS C-97...
Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, Monday 11 November 1940, Volume XCIX, Number 271, page 2. "Mines Off Coast Of Australia". The Times. No. 48770. London. 11...
1899 Lt-Col Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet, appointed 1 April 1913 Maj-Gen F.S. Inglefield, CB, DSO, (Colonel of the East Yorkshire Regiment) appointed...
Combat Losses in the Twentieth Century. London: Greenhill Books. pp. 265–271. ISBN 1-85367-280-7. "Naval Events, July 1941, Part 2 of 2, Tuesday 15th...
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